The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-07
acres, by conducting water upon

the Sdme WlCnln three years IrOm date of entry, under the provis- lons of the act of Congress ap- proved March 3, 1877, entitled
 "An Act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and
 Territories" The land which I intend to reclaim is situated in. county, in the.. land district, and is described as follows, to wit: The. of section Mo-. town ship Mo-. containing. =. acres. I further depose and declare that I have made no other declaration for desert lands nor any other en- 1 try under the provisions of said act; that I am not the assignee of any desert land claim; that I have made an actual personal examina- tion of each and every legal sub division of the land above de- scribed; that said land borders on (state what stream or body of water and describe the same).. =. and that there is through or upon said land (name and describe all water courses, springs, or other bodies of water). . that said land is not naturally irrigated or watered, nor overfowed at any season of the year, by the forego- ing or any natural stream, spring, or body of water; that I expect tol obtain my water supply to irrigate said land from. . that the char acter of the soil is.. ., that said land will not, without artificial ir- rigation, produce an agricultural 1 crop of any kind reasonably remun-l erative; that said land will not, if unfed by grazing animals, produce native grasses sufficient in quan- tity to make an ordinary crop of hay in usual seasons; that there are no trees growing upon said land, and that it does not contain sufficient moisture to produce a natural growth of trees; that the same is essentially dry and arid land, wholly unfit for cultivation without artificial irrigation; that said land cannot be successfully cultivated without reclamation by conducting water thereon; that said land has been hitherto unap- propriated, unoccupied and un- settled, because it has been i'm possible to cultivate it successfully on account of its dry and arid condition; that it is fact we'll known, patent and notorious, that that the same will not, in its natu- ral condition, produce any crop; that no portion of said land has ever been reclaimed by conduct ing water thereon; that there are no lands in the vicinity of this tract that are occupied by settlers and cultivated without artificial ir- rigation; that there is not, to my knowledge, within the limits of said land, any vein or lode of quartz, or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, or copper, or any deposit of coal; that there is not, within the limits of said land, to my knowledge, any place, cement, gravel, or other valuable mineral deposits or salines; that no DOT tion of said land is claimed for mining purposes under the local customs or rules of miners or otherwise; that no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of the year by any per son or persons; that said land is occupation a....; that my post office address is. .; that l intend to reclaim tract of desert land not exceeding one section, or GAO essentially non-mineral land, and that my declaration therefore is not made for the purpose of fraud ulently obtaining title to mineral land, timber land, or agricultural land, but for the purpose of faith fully retaining the land above described by conducting water thereon within three years from date of entry.
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